Gilleleje area (Denmark) IBA | Details

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Gilleleje area

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2009) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2009	very poor	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Common Crane Grus grus	1,218 / 1,420 (birds)	86	moderate
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	33 / 84 (birds)	40	poor
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	203 / 2,900 (birds)	8	very poor
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	15 / 52 (birds)	29	very poor
Circus cyaneus	14 / 30 (birds)	47	poor
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus	355 / 800 (birds)	45	poor
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	3 / 3 (birds)	100	good
Red Kite Milvus milvus	15 / 15 (birds)	100	good
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus	48 / 425 (birds)	12	very poor
Buteo buteo	1,056 / 3,840 (birds)	28	very poor
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	65 / 65 (birds)	100	good
Merlin Falco columbarius	19 / 22 (birds)	87	moderate
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo	28 / 37 (birds)	76	moderate
Falco peregrinus	4 / 5 (birds)	80	moderate

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land; Forestry plantations; Urban parks and gardens
Grassland	-	Dry siliceous grassland
Shrubland	-	Scrub

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gilleleje area (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gilleleje-area-iba-denmark on 26/12/2024.